Backband-hook



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WILLIAM C. MARTIN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BACKBAND-HOOK.

Application lerl March 30, 1921. Serial No. 456,833.

To all whom t may concern;

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM C. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, Shelby county, and State of Tennessee, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements lin Backband- Hooks, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My said invention relates to hooks back-bands and means for securing same, and consists in the combinations arrangements of elements hereinafter scribed and particularly set forth in accompanying claims.

The invention has for its purpose to provide a hook for back-bands, which will securely hold in position, and which will not itself come into contact with the skin of the animal, whereby to avoid injury or chang thereof.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which is of simple construction and Inay be readily adjusted in a simple and easily performed manner.

The invention is disclosed by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a top plan view of the device,

Fig. 2 a. longitudinal sectional view thereof taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3*;3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. et an end elevational view, with the hook proper omitted.

Referring to the construction in further for the and dethe detail, and wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts, A designates the back-band, strap, or belt, on which the device is adapted to be adjustably applied, and the device per se consists of a body portion 5, constructed of iron or other metal, of necessary proportions to withstand the use to which the same would be subjected; and a hook 6, of any approved type, is formed integral with said body portion. The hook 6 may be provided with any suitable device for preventing the displacement of the member connected thereto, and it will also be noted that said hook 6 may constitute a separate member and be attached to the body part 5 in any preferred manner.

A slot 7 is formed transversely of the body portion (see Fig. 2), and the side edges of said body portion, at said slot, are beveled, as at 8, thereby forming a suitable Specification of Letters Patent. 'l

Patented Oct. et, 1,921.

recess to receive a fold or loop B of the back-band; and a pin 9 fits within the fold and secures the device, after the manner shown.

The securing pin 9 is of a length shorter than the length of the slot 7 and has its end portions l0 tapered or pointed (see Fig. 3'),-

wliich enables the same to be readily inserted from either end and also serves for fitting against the side portions of .the backband, in a Inanner which will cause the least wear thereon.

The end portions ll of the body part 5 are lip-turned, as in Figs. 3 and Il, to avoid the contracting of any metal parts of the hook with the skin of the animal, and the slot 7 extends well within said up-turned port-ions (see Fig. l) and thereby, with the tapered ends l0 of the securing pin 9, causes the side edges of the belt to be turned downwardly or slightly gathered, as at 12, thus providing a substantially unbroken surface to the contacting surface of the belt.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without` departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

Having thus fully described my lsaid invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A back-band hook comprising a body portion formed with a hook proper and having a slot adapted to receive a fold ofl the back-band, said body portion being upturned adjacent the respective ends of the slot, and afpin having tapered ends fitting within the folded portion of the back-band to secure the hook, substantially as set forth.

2. A back-band hook comprising a body portion formed with a hook proper and having a slot adapted to receive a fold of the back-band, the side edges of the body portion at the slot being beveled, and a pin having tapered ends tting within the folded portion of the back-band to secure the hook, substantially as set forth.

3. A back-band hook comprising a body portion formed with a hook proper and having a slot adapted to receive a fold of the back-band, the side edges of the body portion at the slot being beveled, and a pin having tapered ends and shorter than the slot fitting within the folded portion of the baek-band to secure the hook, substantally as set forth.

4. A back-band hook comprising a body portion formed with a hook proper and having a' slot adapted`t0 receive a fold of the back-band, the end portions of the body adjacent said slot being upturned, and a pin of shorter length than the slot fitting Within said folded portion to secure the hook, said upturned portions and pin coaeting to cause the folded portion of the back-band to be gathered at the ends thereof, and to ycover the ends of the pin and thus prevent its accidental axial displacement, substantially as set forth. f

' 5. A back-handbook Comprising a body portion formed With a hook proper and having a slot adapted to receive a fold of the v*back-band, the end portions of the body adj aeent said slot being upturned, and a pin of shorter length than the slot land having tapered ends fitting Within said folded por- Ytion to secure the hook, said upturned` portions andthe tapered ends ofthe pin eoaoting to cause the folded portion ofthe baokband to be gathered at the endsthereof, substantially at set forth. In Witness whereof, my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee, this 25th day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

WILLIAM o. MARTINy p.. a]

Witnesses:

Y VJOHN WV. FARLEY,

F. M. BAILEY.

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